Images of Women in Literature

I. Traditional Images of Women Image One: The Wife Little Woman, Sally Benson The Angel over the Right Shoulder, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Cutting the Jewish Bride's Hair, Ruth Whitman The Bridal Veil, Alice Cary Aunt Rosanna's Rocker, Nicholosa Mohr Migration, Carol Gregory A Wife's Story, Bharati Mukherjee Secretive, Jane Augustine Driving to Oregon, Jean Thompson Facing the Music, Larry Brown Marks, Linda Pastan. Image Two: The Mother I Sing the Body Electric! Ray Bradbury On the First Night, Erica Jong Transition, Toi Derricotte The Mother, Gwendolyn Brooks Pressure for Pressure, Ellen Lesser Expensive Gifts, Sue Miller Daddy, Jan Clausen The Envelope, Maxine Kumin Between the Lines, Ruth Stone I Ask My Mother to Sing, Li-Young Lee Flower Feet, Ruth Fainlight Speculation, Gloria C Oden Girl, Jamaica Kincaid Cihuatlyotl, Woman Alone, Gloria E Anzaldua Dear Toni Instead of a Letter, Audre Lorde Souvenir, Jayne Anne Phillips Bridging, Max Apple Grace, Vicki Sears. Image Three: Woman on a Pedestal Susanna and the Elders, Adelaide Crapsey In an Artist's Studio, Christina Rossetti The Glamour Trap, George Lefferts Pretty, Alta The End of a Career, Jean Stafford Song, William Blake Baby, You Were Great! Kate Wilhelm La Belle Dame sans Merci, John Keats The Loreley, Heinrich Heine Erzulie Freida, Zora Neale Hurston Image Four: The Sex Object The Girls in Their Summer Dresses, Irwin Shaw Brooklyn, Paule Marshall One off the Short List, Doris Lessing The Patriarch, Colette Metonymy, Julie Fay From I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Maya Angelou With no immediate cause, Ntozake Shange From Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Written by Herself, Linda Brent [Harriet Jacobs] From The Maimie Papers, Maimie Pinzer Poem about My Rights, June Jordan Image Five: Women without Men Miss Gee, W.H. Auden Bedquilt, Dorothy Canfield Fisher The Women Men Don't See, James Tiptree, Jr Silk-Workers, Agnes Smedley My Lover Is a Woman, Pat Parker Trespassing, Valerie Miner Home, Shirley Ann Grau The Story of an Hour, Kate Chopin The Widow's Lament in Springtime, William Carlos Williams Mourning to Do, May Sarton Old Things, Bobbie Ann Mason. II. Woman Becoming A Prison gets to be a friend, Emily Dickinson Tell Me a Riddle, Tillie Olsen Unlearning to Not Speak, Marge Piercy Seventeen Syllables, Hisaye Yamamoto Three Women, Charlotte Perkins Gilman A Allegory on Wimmen's Rights, Marietta Holley Miss Rosie, Lucille Clifton I Like to Think of Harriet Tubman, Susan Griffin From Work: A Story of Experience, Louisa May Alcott From Gifts of Power, Rebecca Jackson A Person as Well as a Female, Jade Snow Wong Spelling, Margaret Atwood Trifles, Susan Glaspell Diving into the Wreck, Adrienne Rich Hope, Nadya Aisenberg Homecoming, Martha Collins A Woman at the Window, Nellie Wong Present, Sonia Sanchez Beyond What, Alice Walker Three Dreams in the Desert under a Mimosa Tree, Olive Schreiner Woman, Alaide Foppa. Afterword: Writing Images/Images of Writing by Jean Ferguson Carr Suggestions for Further Reading Works Cited in Introductions Works Cited in Previous Editions Reference Works Periodicals Anthologies of Women's Writings Selected Recent Literary Criticism and Theory Acknowledgements Author/Title Index.

• I. Traditional Images of WomenImage One: The WifeLittle Woman, Sally BensonThe Angel over the Right Shoulder, Elizabeth Stuart PhelpsCutting the Jewish Bride's Hair, Ruth WhitmanThe Bridal Veil, Alice CaryAunt Rosanna's Rocker, Nicholosa MohrMigration, Carol GregoryA Wife's Story, Bharati MukherjeeSecretive, Jane AugustineDriving to Oregon, Jean ThompsonFacing the Music, Larry BrownMarks, Linda Pastan.Image Two: The MotherI Sing the Body Electric! Ray BradburyOn the First Night, Erica JongTransition, Toi DerricotteThe Mother, Gwendolyn BrooksPressure for Pressure, Ellen LesserExpensive Gifts, Sue MillerDaddy, Jan ClausenThe Envelope, Maxine KuminBetween the Lines, Ruth StoneI Ask My Mother to Sing, Li-Young LeeFlower Feet, Ruth FainlightSpeculation, Gloria COdenGirl, Jamaica KincaidCihuatlyotl, Woman Alone, Gloria EAnzaldúaDear Toni Instead of a Letter, Audre LordeSouvenir, Jayne Anne PhillipsBridging, Max AppleGrace, Vicki Sears.Image Three: Woman on a PedestalSusanna and the Elders, Adelaide CrapseyIn an Artist's Studio, Christina RossettiThe Glamour Trap, George LeffertsPretty, AltaThe End of a Career, Jean StaffordSong, William BlakeBaby, You Were Great! Kate WilhelmLa Belle Dame sans Merci, John KeatsThe Loreley, Heinrich HeineErzulie Freida, Zora Neale HurstonImage Four: The Sex ObjectThe Girls in Their Summer Dresses, Irwin ShawBrooklyn, Paule MarshallOne off the Short List, Doris LessingThe Patriarch, ColetteMetonymy, Julie FayFrom I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Maya AngelouWith no immediate cause, Ntozake ShangeFrom Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Written by Herself, Linda Brent [Harriet Jacobs]From The Maimie Papers, Maimie PinzerPoem about My Rights, June JordanImage Five: Women without MenMiss Gee, W.H. AudenBedquilt, Dorothy Canfield FisherThe Women Men Don't See, James Tiptree, JrSilk-Workers, Agnes SmedleyMy Lover Is a Woman, Pat ParkerTrespassing, Valerie MinerHome, Shirley Ann GrauThe Story of an Hour, Kate ChopinThe Widow's Lament in Springtime, William Carlos WilliamsMourning to Do, May SartonOld Things, Bobbie Ann Mason.II. Woman BecomingA Prison gets to be a friend, Emily DickinsonTell Me a Riddle, Tillie OlsenUnlearning to Not Speak, Marge PiercySeventeen Syllables, Hisaye YamamotoThree Women, Charlotte Perkins GilmanA Allegory on Wimmen's Rights, Marietta HolleyMiss Rosie, Lucille CliftonI Like to Think of Harriet Tubman, Susan GriffinFrom Work: A Story of Experience, Louisa May AlcottFrom Gifts of Power, Rebecca JacksonA Person as Well as a Female, Jade Snow WongSpelling, Margaret AtwoodTrifles, Susan GlaspellDiving into the Wreck, Adrienne RichHope, Nadya AisenbergHomecoming, Martha CollinsA Woman at the Window, Nellie WongPresent, Sonia SanchezBeyond What, Alice WalkerThree Dreams in the Desert under a Mimosa Tree, Olive SchreinerWoman, Alaíde Foppa.Afterword: Writing Images/Images of Writing by Jean Ferguson CarrSuggestions for Further ReadingWorks Cited in IntroductionsWorks Cited in Previous EditionsReference WorksPeriodicalsAnthologies of Women's WritingsSelected Recent Literary Criticism and TheoryAcknowledgementsAuthor/Title Index.